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COMPLIMENTS    OF    THE 

<£oncor6  Commercial  Club. 


CONCORD,  N.  H.  : 
REPUBLICAN  PRESS  ASSOCIATION. 


THE    NATIONAL   GRANGE    AT  CONCORD,  N.  H. 

¥HE  NATIONAL  GRANGE,  Patrons  of  Husbandry, 
was  organized  in  Washington,  D.  C.,  December 
4,  1867,  in  the  interests  of  agriculture,  and  to  pro- 
mote the  material,  social,  and  intellectual  welfare 
of  farmers  and  their  families.  Laboring  under  vari- 
ous disadvantages,  but  impelled  by  a  resolute  spirit 
and  working  fora  noble  object, the  founders  of  the  order, 
their  associates,  and  successors  moved  forward,  under 
varying  conditions  of  adversity  and  prosperity,  until 
at  the  present  time  the  organization  is  the  strongest 
and  most  substantial  among  all  agricultural  associa- 
tions, numbering  a  membership  of  hundreds  of  thous- 
ands, commanding  the  respect  of  all  classes  of  people, 
and  universally  recognized  as  a  potent  influence  for 
good  in  the  soical,  industrial,  and  political  life  of  our 
great  republic. 

NATIONAL    GRANGE   SESSIONS. 

Twenty  six  sessions  of  the  National  Grange  have  been 
held.  The  first  opened  at  Washington,  April  19,  1869, 
William  Saunders,  Master,  presiding.  The  second  ses- 
sion was  held  in  the  same  city,  December  8,  of  the 
same  year,  when,  on  account  of  the  inability  of  the  Sec- 
retary to  attend,  an  adjournment  was  made,  subject  to 
the  call  of  the  Master.  At  the  third  session,  in  Wash- 

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ington,  January  25,  1870,  the  Secretary  reported  49  sub- 
ordinate granges  and  one  state  grange — that  of  Minne- 
sota— organized.  The  fourth  and  fifth  sessions  were 
also  held  in  Washington,  the  former  January  4,  1871, 
and  the  latter  January  3,  1872.  The  sixth  session,  held 
in  Georgetown,  D.  C.,  January  3,  1873,  was  the  first  at 
which  state  representation  was  had,  eleven  states  being 
represented  by  seventeen  members.  At  this  session 
the  seven  founders  of  the  order  turned  over  their  entire 
work  to  the  National  Grange,  and  a  complete  reorgani- 
zation was  effected.  Officers  were  elected  for  a  term  of 
three  years,  with  Dudley  W.  Adams  of  Iowa,  as  Master. 
The  seventh  session  opened  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  Febru- 
ary 4,  1874,  and  thirty-two  states  and  two  territories 
were  represented,  New  Hamp  hire  being  represented 
for  the  first  time,  in  the  person  of  Dudley  T.  Chase,  of 
Claremont,  State  Master,  and  Mrs.  Chase.  At  this 
session  the  declaration  of  purposes  was  adopted.  The 
eighth  session  opened  at  Charleston,  S.  C.,  February  3, 
1875;  ninth,  Louisville,  Ky.,  November  17,  1875  ;  tenth, 
Palmer  House,  Chicago,  111.,  November  15,  1876;  elev- 
enth, Cincinna  i,  O.,  November  21,  1877;  twelfth,  Rich- 
mond, Va.,  November  27,  1878;  thirteenth,  Canadaigua, 
N.  Y.,  November  19,  1879  ;  fourteenth,  Washington, 
D.  C.,  November  17,  1880;  fifteenth,  Washington,  D.  C., 
November  16,  1881  ;  sixteenth,  Indianapolis,  Ind., 
November  15,  1882;  seventeenth,  Washington,  D.  C., 
November  21,  1883  ;  eighteenth,  Nashville,  Tenn.,  Nov- 
ember 12,  1884;  nineteenth,  Boston,  Mass.,  November, 
n,  1885  ;  twentieth,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  November  10, 

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i886;  twenty-first,  Lansing,  Mich.,  November  16,  1887 
twenty-second,    Topeka,     Kan.,    November    n,    1888 
twenty-third,    Sacramento,  Cal.,    November    13,    1889 
twenty-fourth,  Atlanta,  Ga.,  November  12,  1890  ;  twenty- 
fifth,  Springfield,  O.,  November  u,  1891. 

At  the  Springfield  meeting,  the  place  of  holding  the 
next  or  twenty -sixth  session  was  left  to  the  subsequent 
determination  of  the  executive  committee.  But  a  sin- 
gle session,  thus  far,  had  ever  been  held  within  the 
limits  of  New  England,  though  the  membership  of  the 
Order  had  become  relatively  greater  in  this  section 
than  in  any  other  part  of  the  country,  and  New  Hamp- 
shire had  become  the  banner  state  of  the  Union  in  this 
regard.  At  the  meeting  of  the  New  Hampshire  State 
Orange  in  Manchester,  Thursday,  December  17,  1891, 
the  following  resolution,  presented  by  C.  C.  Shaw  of 
Milford,  was  unanimously  adopted  : 


Whereas,  We,  members  of  the  New  Hampshire  State  Grange, 
assembled  in  its  eighteenth  annual  session,  have  learned  that  the 
National  Grange  at  its  last  annual  session  voted  to  leave  the  sub- 
ject of  the  place  of  holding  its  next  annual  meeting  in  the  hands 
of  its  Executive  Committee,  and  in  view  of  the  long  and  pleasant 
associations  that  have  existed  between  the  two  Granges,  and  the 
steadfast  moral  and  financial  support  that  this  Grange  has  ren- 
dered to  the  National  Grange,  be  it 

Resolved,  That  the  Executive  Committee  of  this  State  Grange, 
should  they  deem  it  advisable,  be  and  are  hereby  authorized  to 
invite  the  said  National  Grange  to  hold  its  next  annual  meeting  in 
this  state,  and  that  said  Executive  Committee  be  further  authorized 
to  perfect  such  arrangements  as  may  seem  best  calculated  to  ren- 
der said  meeting  pleasant,  profitable,  and  an  honor  to  our  Order. 

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A  general  interest  in  the  matter  was  manifested  at 
once,  not  only  by  the  Patrons  of  the  state,  but  by  the 
general  public,  and  the  feeling  was  universal  that  no 
effort  should  be  spared  to  secure  for  the  Granite  State 
the  next  annual  session  of  so  important  a  national 
body.  Meanwhile  an  earnest  rivalry  immediately  ap- 
peared between  the  two  cities  of  Concord  and  Manches- 
ter, each  desiring  the  location  should  it  finally  be  deter- 
mined to  hold  the  session  in  New  Hampshire,  and  the 
Concord  Commercial  Club  and  the  Manchester  Board 
of  Trade,  representing  the  business  interests  of  the  two 
cities,  promptly  directed  their  attention  to  the  matter. 

ACTION'    OF   THE    CONCORD    COMMERCIAL    CLUB. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Concord  Commercial  Club,  Geo. 
F.  Page,  President,  held  December  22,  1891,  five  days 
after  the  meeting  of  the  State  Grange,  the  subject  was 
introduced,  and  a  special  committee  of  five  members, 
consisting  of  Hon.  Moses  Humphrey,  Hon.  Stillman 
Humphrey,  Arthur  C.  Sanborn,  Austin  F.  Ranney,  and 
George  F.  Page,  was  appointed  to  take  the  matter  in 
charge. 

At  a  subsequent  meeting  of  the  club,  held  January 
26,  1892,  it  was  voted  that  "the  special  committee  ap- 
pointed to  extend  to  the  National  Grange  an  invitation 
to  hold  their  next  annual  meeting  in  this  city  be 
instructed  to  make  the  invitation  a  very  cordial  one, 
tendering  the  hospitality  of  the  club,  including  the 
offer  of  all  necessary  facilities  for  holding  their  daily 

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meetings,  and  extending  every  reasonable  and  proper 
inducement,  the  expense  attendant  to  be  borne  by  vol- 
untary subscriptions." 

Meanwhile  the  committee  acting  in  co-operation  with 
the  Master,  N.  J.  Bachelder,  and  the  Executive  Commit- 
tee of  the  State  Grange,  took  such  measures  as  seemed 
advisable  to  accomplish  the  object  in  view.  The  invi- 
tation was  extended,  and  the  inducements  in  favor  of 
its  acceptance  duly  presented. 

The  places  competing  for  the  location  of  the  Na- 
tional Grange  meeting  were  Springfield,  111.,  Bingham- 
ton,  N.  Y.,  and  Concord  and  Manchester,  N.  H.  There 
was  also  a  sentiment  in  some  quarters  in  favor  of  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.  The  Executive  Committee  of  the  Na- 
tional Grange  very  properly  called  upon  the  Executive 
Committee  of  the  New  Hampshire  State  Grange  to 
decide  which  of  the  two  cities,  Concord  or  Manchester, 
should  be  considered  as  the  New  Hampshire  candidate, 
and  the  committee  composed  of  N.  J.  Bachelder,  chair- 
man, D.  W.  Rugg,  E.  C.  Hutchinson,  exofficio,  Charles 
McDaniel,  secretary,  and  John  M.  Carr,  voted  unani- 
mously in  favor  of  Concord.  Subsequently  the  followT- 
ing  communication,  announcing  the  settlement  of  the 
question  of  location,  was  received  by  State  Master 
Bachelder  and  its  substance  communicated  to  the  com- 
mittee of  the  Commercial  Club,  and  to  the  public  : 

PAW  PAW,  MICH.,  April  25,  1892. 

X.  J.  BACHELDER,  Master  of  New  Hampshire  State  Grange,  P.  of  H. 
DEAR  SIR  AND  BRO.  :     The  following  is  a  true   copy  of  the  order 
of  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  National  Grange  : 

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PAW  PAW,  MICH.,  April  2oth.  1892. 

The  undersigned,  acting  for  and  by  authority  of  the  National 
Grange  of  Patrons  of  Husbandry,  do  hereby  select  the  city  of 
Concord.  New  Hampshire,  as  the  place  for  holding  the  next 
(twenty-sixth)  session  of  the  National  Grange,  which  will  com- 
mence on  Wednesday,  the  i6th  day  of  November,  1892,  and  the 
Executive  Committee  of  the  New  Hampshire  State  Grange  is 
hereby  authorized  to  make  all  necessary  arrangements  for  the 
same,  in  conformity  with  the  proposition  of  said  committee  and 
the  Master  of  the  N.  H.  State  Grange,  now  before  us  in  writing 

I.KONARD  RHONE.  \      Executive  Committee 

X.  X.  CHARTTERS.  (.  of  the 

J.  J.  WOODMAN,  (       .\ationalGrangeof 

J.  H.  BRIGHAM,,».r0$f<-/0,   )  Patrons  of  Husbandry. 
J.  J.  WOODMAN,  Secy  of  Committee. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Concord  Commercial  Club,  held 
May  10,  1892,  it  was  voted  "  that  the  selection  of  sub- 
committees to  make  the  necessary  arrangements  for 
the  entertainment  oi  the  National  Grange,  and  the 
choice  of  some  person  to  canvass  for  subscriptions  for 
the  funds  needed,  be  left  with  the  special  committee, 
with  full  power  in  the  matter."  The  committee  selec- 
ted Henrv  H.  Metcalf  as  canvassing  agent  for  subscrip- 
tions, whose  solicitations  were  generously  responded  to, 
nearly  twelve  hundred  dollars  being  subscribed  alto- 
gether, of  which  amount  Capital  Grange,  No.  113,  of 
Concord  contributed  $100,  and  Rumford  Grange,  East 
Concord,  126.25. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  special  committee  of  the  Commer- 
cial Club,  on  the  evening  of  October  3,  1892,  held  at 
the  office  of  the  State  Board  of  Agriculture,  State 
Master  Bachelder,  H.  H.  Metcalf,  and  F.  E.  Brown, 

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General  Passenger  Agent  of  the  Concord  &  Montreal 
Railroad,  being  present  by  invitation  to  co-operate  with 
the  committee,  the  following  sub-committees  were 
appointed  : 

Committee  on  Entertainment  and  Information  with  power  to 
employ  assistance — H.  H.  Metcalf. 

Committee  on  Decorations — Arthur  C.  Sanborn,  L-  S.  Richard- 
son, James  C.  Norris,  Ben  C.  White,  W.  A.  Thompson. 

Committee  on  Banquet — George  F.  Page,  Charles  C.  Danforth. 
John  M.  Mitchell,  E.  N.  Pearson,  C.  H.  Amsden,  Paul  R.  Holden. 
Charles  E.  Staniels. 

Committee  on  Excursions — Frank  E.  Brown.  D.  C.  Prescott,  N. 
J.  Bachelder,  Albert  B.  Woodworth. 

Committee  on  Reception — President  of  the  Commercial  Club, 
Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Ex-Mayors  of  the  city. 

Committee  on  Music — A.  S.  Ranney,  N.  J.  Bachelder,  John  C. 
I,inehan. 

Committee  on  Halls — Stillmau  Humphrey. 

Committee  on  Estimates — Moses  Humphrey,  N.  J.  Bachelder.  and 
H.  H.  Metcalf. 

It  was  voted  to  give  the  use  of  the  club  rooms  in 
Opera  House  Block  for  headquarters  for  a  Bureau  of 
Entertainment  and  Information,  and  for  reception  pur- 
poses at  the  time  of  the  National  Grange  Meeting. 

The  several  sub-committees  attended  diligently  to 
their  work,  meeting  occasionally  with  the  special  com- 
mittee for  conference,  and  upon  the  opening  of  the 
third  week  in  November  everything  was  in  readiness 
for  the  reception  of  the  National  Grange  and  the  con- 
venient prosecution  of  its  work,  so  far  as  the  efforts 
and  obligations  of  the  Commercial  Club  and  the  citi- 
zens of  Concord  were  concerned.  Representatives  Hall 

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in  the  state  house,  the  use  of  which  had  been  freely 
tendered  by  the  Governor  and  Council  on  behalf  of 
the  state  government,  was  properly  arranged  for  the 
business  sessions  of  the  Grange,  and  the  front  of  the 
building  was  tastily  decorated  with  the  National  col- 
ors. Elaborate  decorations  were  also  disylayed  upon 
the  front  of  White's  Opera  House,  wherein  the  public 
session  and  the  degree  meetings  were  to  be  held,  while 
the  interior  was  also  tastefully  decorated.  The  Eagle 
Hotel,  wherein  the  officers  and  members  of  the  Na- 
tional Grange  were  to  be  quartered,  was  also  hand- 
somely adorned  with  flags  and  bunting,  as  were  a  large 
portion  of  the  business  blocks  on  Main  Street  and  adja- 
cent thereto  in  the  central  part  of  the  city — while  a 
large  arch,  erected  at  the  foot  of  Pleasant  Street  near 
the  railway  station,  was  also  gaily  decorated,  and 
bore  the  inscription  —  "Concord  Greets  the  National 
Grange." 

OPENING   OF   THE    26TH    SESSION. 

Officers  and  members  began  to  arrive  some  time 
before  the  opening  of  the  session,  Hon.  Aaron  Jones 
of  South  Bend,  Ind.,  Master  of  the  Indiana  State 
Grange,  with  Mrs.  Jones  and  daughter  being  first  on 
the  ground,  and  Secretary  John  Trimble  of  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.,the  next,  with  frequent  succeeding  arrivals, 
all  being  cordially  greeted  by  representative  citizens 
and  Patrons,  till  the  opening  of  the  session  in  Repre- 
sentatives Hall,  at  ii  o'clock,  Wednesday  A.  M.,  Nov- 
ember 16,  with  the  Wrorthy  Master,  Col.  J.  H.  Brigham  of 

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Ohio,  presiding.  There  was  a  good  attendance,  which 
was  increased  by  arrivals  during  the  day  and  the  morn- 
ing subsequent,  and  included  altogether  the  following  : 

OFFICERS. 

.\fastei-,  J.  H.  Brigham,  Ohio. 

Lecturer,  Mortimer  Whitehead,  New  Jersey. 

Steward,  Ava  E.  Page,  Missouri. 

Assistant  Stew'ard,  O.  E.  Hall,  Nebraska. 

Chaplain,  Charles  McDaniel,  New  Hampshire. 

Treasurer,  F.  M.  McDowell,  New  York. 

Secretary,  John  Trimble,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Pomona,  Mrs.  E.  Bowen,  Connecticut. 

Flora,    Mrs.  E.  P.  Wilson,  Mississippi. 

Lady  Assistant  Steward,  Mrs.  Laura  C.  Douglass,  Massachusetts. 

EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE — Leonard  Rhone,  Pennsylvania,  chair- 
man ;  J.  J.  Woodman,  Michigan, secretary  :  X.  X.  Chartters,  Vir- 
ginia ;  J.  H.  Brigham,  e.r  officio. 

Mrs.  Brigham  of  Ohio,  Ceres,  was  absent  on  account  of  illness, 
and  her  chair  was  filled  by  Mrs.  Rhone  of  Pennsylvania.  L.  F. 
Batchelder  of  Tilton,  N.  H.,  occupied  the  post  of  Gatekeeper  in 
the  absence  of  W.  N.  Nelson  of  Tennessee. 

STATE  REPRESENTATIVES. 

[Masters  of  State  Granges  and  their  wives.] 
Connecticut — G.  A.  Bowen  and  Mrs.  Boweri,  Woodstock. 
California — E.  WT.  Davis  and  Mrs.  Davis,  Santa  Rosa. 
Colorado — E.  W.  Working  and  Mrs.  Working,  Denver. 
Delaware — John  C.  Higgins,  Delaware  City. 
Illinois — J.  M.  Thompson  and  Mrs.  Thompson,  Joliet. 
Indiana — Aaron  Jones  and  Mrs.  Jones,  South  Bend. 
Iowa — J.  E.  Blackford,  Algona. 

Kansas — A.  P.  Reardon  and  Mrs.  Reardon,  McLouth. 
Kentucky—}.  D.  Clardy  and  Mrs.  Clardy,  Newstead. 
Massachusetts — Elmer  D.  Howe  and  Mrs.  Howe,  Marlboro. 
Mississippi — S.  L.  Wilson  and  Mrs.  Wilson, Okoloma. 

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Missouri — Ava  E.  Page  and  Mrs.  Page,  Appleton  City. 

Maine — M.  B.  Hunt  and  Mrs.  Hunt,  Belniont. 

Michigan — Thomas  Mars  and  Mrs.  Mars,  Berrien  City. 

.\fbraska-O.  E.  Hall  and  Mrs.  Hall,  Pawnee  City. 

AViv  Hampshire— X.  J.  Bachelder  and  Mrs.  Bachelder,  East  An- 
dover. 

Xe-tL1  Jersey—  John  Statesir,  Colts  Neck. 

.\fu'  )'urk — W.  C.  Gifford  and  Mrs.  Gifford,  Jamestown. 

.\orlh  Carolina— Vf.  R.  Williams,  Falkland. 

O/ii»—S.  H.  Ellis  and  Mrs.  Ellis,  Springboro. 

Oregon— R.  p.  Boise,  Salem. 

Pennsylvania — Leonard  Rhone  and  Mrs.  Rhone,  Centre  Hall. 

Rhode  Island — A.  M.  Belcher  and  Mrs.  Belcher,  Arnold's   Mills. 

Texas — John  B.  Long  and  Mrs.  Long,  Rusk. 

Vermont— Alpha  Messer  and  Mrs.  Messer,  Rochester. 

Virginia  —  X.  X.  Chartters  and  Mrs.  Chartters,  Fredericks- 
burg. 

Washington — D.  L.  Russell  and  Mrs.  Russell,  Vancouver. 

West  Virginia— C.  H.  Knott  and  Mrs.  Knott,  Molers. 

Alabama,  Georgia,  Minnesota,  Maryland,  South  Carolina,  Ten- 
nessee, and  Wisconsin  State  Granges,  from  sickness  and  other 
unavoidable  reasons,  were  unrepresented. 


Many  visiting  Patrons  were  in  attendance  from  abroad, 
including  very  large  delegations  from  Massachusetts, 
Rhode  Island,  and  Connecticut,  with  many  from  Maine 
and  Vermont,  and  some  from  New  York,  Pennsylvania, 
Ohio,  Michigan,  and  other  states,  and,  although  a 
severe  rain  storm  prevailed  nearly  the  entire  week, 
greatly  to  the  regret  and  disappointment  of  all  con- 
cerned, there  were  a  large  number  of  New  Hampshire 
Patrons  present  during  the  more  important  days  of 
the  session,  which  continued  through  the  week,  and 
until  Friday  evening  following,  November  25. 

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Occasions  of  particular  interest  in  connection  with 
the  session  were  the  public  meeting,  the  Sixth  and 
Seventh  Degree  meetings ;  the  excursion  through  the 
Crawford  Notch,  White  Mountains ;  the  banquet  and 
reception  complimentary  to  the  National  Grange  by 
the  Concord  Commercial  Club  ;  the  trip  to  Manchester 
and  visit  to  the  mills  in  that  city,  and  the  conferring 
of  the  third  and  fourth  degrees  of  the  order  before  the 
National  Grange  in  Phenix  Hall,  by  Capital  Grange, 
No.  113,  of  Concord,  upon  invitation  of  the  State 
Grange. 

THE    PUBLIC   MEETING. 

The  public  meeting,  or  open  session,  in  White's 
Opera  House,  opening  at  2  p.  M.,  on  Thursday,  was 
attended  by  an  audience  which  filled  the  spacious  hall 
and  balcony  to  its  utmost  capacity,  while  many  went 
away  because  of  inability  to  get  within  hearing  distance 
of  the  stage.  Many  of  the  most  distinguished  citizens 
of  Concord  and  of  New  Hampshire  were  present,  and 
the  exercises  continued  from  two  o'clock  until  half 
past  five  without  the  slightest  relaxation  of  interest. 
National  Master  Brigham  presided,  and  the  order  was 
as  follows  :  Music  by  Blaisdell's  orchestra  ;  address 
of  welcome  on  behalf  of  New  Hampshire  State  Grange, 
N.  J.  Bachelder,  Master  ;  response,  Hon.  S.  L.  Wilson 
of  Mississippi  ;  welcome  on  behalf  of  the  state,  Gov- 
ernor Hiram  A.  Tuttle  ;  response,  National  Master 
Brigham ;  original  song,  written  by  Mrs.  H.  A.  Hill  of 
Derry,  by  Grange  choir  ;  welcome  to  the  city,  Mayor 

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H.    \V.    Clapp;     response,    by   Mortimer  Whitehead  of 
New  Jersey,  lecturer  of  the  National  Grange  ;   welcome 
to  New  England,  Past  Master  James  Draper  of  Massa- 
chusetts ;  response,   S.  H.  Ellis  of  Ohio  ;  song,   "Hur- 
rah for  New  England,"  choir;    address  by   Senator  \V 
E.  Chandler  ;  response  by  Judge  R.  P.  Boise  of  Oregon 
address   by    Ex-Governor   D.    H.    Goodell   of  Antrim 
response   by   J.     C.    Higgins   of   Delaware;     music   bj 
orchestra  ;  address  by  Hon.  Warren  F.  Daniell  of  Frank- 
lin,   Congressman    from    Second    New  Hampshire  Dis- 
trict ;  response  by  Hon.  John  B.  Long  of  Texas  ;   sing- 
ing, "  America,"  by  the  audience. 

DEGREE   MEETINGS. 

On  Thursday  evening,  in  the  Opera  House,  and  on 
Friday  at  i  P.  M.,  the  sixth  degree  of  the  order  was 
impressively  conferred  upon  two  classes,  numbering 
together  upwards  of  seven  hundred,  while  at  4  and  8 
p.  M.  on  Friday  two  classes  received  the  seventh  and 
highest  degree  of  the  order  whose  combined  numbers 
were  1,441,  being  by  far  the  largest  number  ever  induc- 
ted into  the  mysteries  and  clothed  with  the  solemn 
obligations  of  this  degree,  at  any  session  of  the  Na- 
tional Grange,  and  this,  notwithstanding  the  fact  that 
the  rain  fell  in  blinding  sheets  nearly  all  the  day  and 
evening. 

On  Friday  morning,  in  acceptance  of  the  invitation 
of  Hon.  William  E.  Chandler,  the  members  of  the 
Grange  inspected  the  fine  new  printing  establishment 
of  the  Republican  Press  Association. 

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While  the  degree  work  was  in  progress  in  the  Opera 
House,  Friday  P.  M.,  an  open  meeting  was  held  in 
Phenix  Hall,  at  which  S.  H.  Ellis,  Master  of  the  Ohio 
State  Grange,  presided,  and  brief  addresses  were  made 
by  Messrs.  Jones  of  Indiana,  Clardy  of  Kentucky,  Hale 
of  Connecticut,  Williams  of  North  Carolina,  Mars  of 
Michigan,  Gifford  of  New  York,  Reardon  of  Kansas, 
Long  of  Texas,  Knott  of  West  Virginia,  L,yman  of  New 
Hampshire,  and  others. 

THE   WHITE   MOUNTAIN    EXCURSION. 

Saturday,  November  19,  had  been  set  apart  for  an 
excursion  to  the  White  Mountains  and  through  the 
Crawford  Notch,  arranged  by  the  Commercial  Club, 
whose  invitation  was  unanimously  accepted  by  the 
Grange,  and  no  little  anxiety  as  to  the  state  of  the 
weather  had  been  manifested  throughout  the  week. 
But  the  furious  storm  which  had  been  prevailing  ceased 
at  midnight,  Friday  night ;  the  morning  broke  clear 
and  beautiful,  and  one  of  the  most  delightful  days  of 
late  autumn  followed.  Shortly  after  seven  o'clock  the 
special  train  provided  for  the  occasion  by  the  Concord 
&  Montreal  R.  R.,  steamed  out  of  the  station  for  the 
northward,  with  nearly  every  member  of  the  National 
Grange,  in  attendance,  aboard,  accompanied  by  promi- 
nent officers  and  members  of  the  State  Grange,  visiting 
Patrons  from  many  states,  and  citizens  generally,  to 
the  number  of  about  three  hundred,  altogether,  es- 
corted by  a  committee  designated  by  the  Commercial 
Club, under  the  chairmanship  of  Hon.  Moses  Humphrey. 

(23) 


Many  of  those  on  board  the  train  were  on  their  first 
visit  to  New  Hampshire,  and  others  still  had  never 
seen  the  mountain  region  of  the  state,  and  it  was  spec- 
ially fortunate  that,  considering  the  lateness  of  the 
season,  the  day  was  so  favorable  for  observation.  The 
atmosphere  was  particularly  clear.  As  the  train  sped 
along  the  different  points  of  interest  were  pointed  out 
to  the  visitors,  the  Grange  State  Fair  Grounds  at  Til- 
ton  first  coming  in  for  general  observation.  Lakes 
Winnesquam  and  Winnepiseogee  appeared  to  excel- 
lent advantage,  and  the  grand  mountain  ranges  of  Car- 
roll county  were  clearly  outlined  beyond  the  latter. 
The  camp  grounds  and  cottages  at  Weirs  were  noted, 
the  beauty  of  the  Pemigewassett  and  Baker  River  val- 
ley enjoyed,  the  grand  form  of  Mt.  Moosilauke  and 
the  broad  meadows  of  the  Connecticut  at  Haverhill  and 
Newbury,  contemplated  with  pleasure  ;  but  it  was  not 
till  the  detour  to  the  right  was  made  at  Woodsville, 
and  the  excursion  took  its  way  up  the  valley  of  the 
dashing  Ammonoosuc,  past  Lisbon  and  Littleton,  into 
the  very  heart  of  the  mountain  region,  that  the  deep 
springs  of  wonder  and  admiration  in  the  hearts  of  the 
visitors  were  fully  moved. 

A  caterer  had  been  provided  and  a  generous  lunch 
was  served  previous  to  the  arrival  at  Fabyan's,  at  which 
point  a  short  stop  was  made  for  a  fair  look  at  the 
mountains  in  all  their  grandeur.  The  presidential 
range  was  slightly  capped,  but,  fortunately,  at  this 
very  time  the  fleecy  cloud  which  obscured  the  summit 
of  Mt.  Washington  parted,  fairly  disclosing  the  hoary 

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head  of  the  mountain  monarch,  and  leaving  the  hotel 
at  the  summit  plainly  in  view.  Resuming  the  cars  the 
journey  was  continued  and  the  train  moved  slowly  on 
down  through  that  grandest  of  our  eastern  mountain 
passes — the  Crawford  Notch — the  objective  point  of  the 
journey,  Upper  Bartlett,  being  reached  about  2  p.  M.  and 
the  return  journey  commenced  about  half  an  hour  later. 
The  mountain  forests  were  relieved  of  their  foliage, 
and  the  rocky  formations  stood  out  in  more  striking 
relief  than  is  the  case  at  earlier  periods  in  the  season. 
There  was  more  of  grandeur,  and  a  different  type  of 
beauty  was  presented.  The  heavy  rains  had  swollen 
the  mountain  streams  and  they  fell  over  the  steep 
ledges  in  foaming  cascades  at  numberless  points  on 
either  side,  appearing  as  lines  of  silver  in  the  distance 
while  the  towering  mountain  masses  awakened  vari- 
ous sensations  in  the  minds  of  the  observers.  Some 
who  had  passed  through  the  canons  of  the  Rockies 
declared  that  they  had  seen  nothing  grander  or  more 
striking  in  nature  than  was  here  presented,  while  it 
was  generally  conceded  that  this  trip  through  the  heart 
of  the  White  Mountains  was  alone  worth  the  journey 
to  New  Hampshire,  even  from  the  most  distant  state. 
The  return  trip  was  mainly  devoted  to  sociability,  and 
the  time  passed  most  pleasantly  until  the  arrival  home, 
shortly  after  seven  p.  M. 

SUNDAY   SERVICES. 

At  a  number  of  churches  in  town,  reference  was  had 
in  the  service,  Sunday  morning,  in  oneway  or  another, 

(27) 


to  the  occasion  of  the  National  Grange  meeting,  the 
attention  of  the  several  pastors  having  been  called  to 
the  matter  by  the  Commercial  Club  committee,  and 
the  visiting  Patrons  very  generally  attended,  many 
seeking  churches  of  the  particular  denomination  with 
which  they  were  allied,  but  nearly  all  the  National 
Orange  members  being  present  at  the  Universalist 
Church  where  the  pastor,  Rev.  T.  W.  Illman,  preached 
an  eloquent  and  forceful  sermon  upon  the  "Signifi- 
cance of  the  Grange,"  which  was  so  greatly  admired 
that  the  Executive  Committee  secured  the  manuscript 
and  ordered  1,000  copies  printed  in  pamphlet  form  for 
the  benefit  of  members  and  general  distribution. 

On  Sunday  afternoon  at  three  o'clock,  in  Represen- 
tatives Hall,  the  Grange  held  impressive  memorial  ser- 
vices in  honor  of  the  members  wTho  had  died  during 
the  year  past — viz.:  William  M.  Ireland,  one  of  the 
seven  founders  of  the  order,  and  William  G.  Wayne, 
past  master  of  the  New  York  State  Grange,  the  same 
being  open  to  the  public,  and  attended  by  many  inter- 
ested visitors  outside  the  membership  of  the  order. 

THE   COMPLIMENTARY   BANQUET. 

On  Monday  evening,  November  21,  at  eight  o'clock 
occurred  the  banquet  and  reception  in  honor  of  the 
National  Grange,  tendered  by  the  Commercial  Club  at 
the  Eagle  Hotel.  Music  was  furnished  by  Blaisdell's 
orchestra,  H.  G.  Blaisdell,  director.  Col.  C.  C.  Dan- 
forth,  chairman  of  the  banquet  committee,  was  master 
of  ceremonies.  Harley  B.  Roby,  the  newly  elected 

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president  of  the  Commercial  Club,  presided,  Rev.  T.  W. 
Illman  was  chaplain,  and  Col.  John  C.  Linehan  offici- 
ated as  toastmaster.  Many  distinguished  citizens,  in- 
cluding Governor  Tuttle  accompanied  by  Mrs  Tuttle, 
were  present,  and  at  half  past  eight,  after  the  usual 
exchange  of  courtesies  and  greetings,  the  march  was 
led  to  the  dining  hall  by  President  Roby  and  wife,  fol- 
lowed by  the  governor,  National  Master  Brigham,  the 
speakers  of  the  evening,  members  of  the  National 
Grange  and  Commercial  Club,  and  guests,  to  the  num- 
ber of  about  150  persons  altogether.  The  tables  were 
finely  arranged  and  decorated,  and  the  menu,  as  desig- 
nated upon  neat  and  novel  cards  making  a  handsome 
souvenir  of  the  occasion,  was  thoroughly  creditable  to 
Manager  Pelren,  as  testified  by  the  interested  attention 
paid  to  the  same  by  the  company,  for  an  hour  or  more, 
after  which  the  feast  of  reason  and  flow  of  wit  was  in 
order. 

President  Roby  called  to  order,  and,  after  an  appro- 
priate address  of  welcome,  introduced  Col.  Linehan  as 
toastmaster  and  under  his  happy  and  inimitable  direc- 
tion the  balance  of  the  evening's  program  was  carried 
out,  as  follows,  all  the  responses  being  most  felicitous 
and  holding  the  undivided  attention  of  those  present : 

"  The  State  of  New  Hampshire."  Responded  to  by  Governor 
Hiram  A.  Tuttle. 

"The  National  Grange,"  Col  J.  H.  Brigham  of  Ohio,  Master. 

"  New  Hampshire  as  a  Summer  Home,"  Hon.  N.  B.  Bryant,  East 
Andover. 

"  Woman's  Work  in  the  Grange,  "Mrs.  M.  H.  Woodman  of  Michi- 
gan. 

(29) 


"  Education,"  Hon.  J.  W.  Patterson,  State  Superintendent  of  Pub- 
lic Instruction. 

•'The.-  Farmer  in  Congress,"  Hon.  John  B.  Long  of  Texas. 

"The  Young  Man  of  the  Day,"  Hon.  Moses  Humphrey,  Chair- 
man State  Hoard  of  Agriculture. 

I'oem — "  The  Granger  Boy,"  Rev.  S.  C.  Keeler,  Concord. 

"  The  Relation  of  the  Grange  to  Other  Industries,"  Hon.  Aaron 
Jones  of  Indiana. 

"  The  New  Hampshire  State  Grange,"  E.  J.  Burnham  of  Man- 
chester, Lecturer. 

"  Politics  of  the  Grange,"  Hon.  E.  W.  Davis  of  California. 

"The  Pioneers  of  the  Grange  in  New  Hampshire,"  Hon.  John 
I).  I.yman  of  Exeter,  first  master  of  Gilman  Grange,  No.  r. 

"  A  Voice  from  the  Nutmeg  State,"  Mrs.  George  Austin  Bowen  of 
Connecticut. 

"The  Concord  Commercial  Club,"  Ex-President  and  Chairman 
of  the  Special  Committee,  George  F.  Page. 

The  speaking  concluded  shortly  after  midnight,  and 
a    notable  evening  in  the  history   of  the  Commercial 
Club  and  of  the  National  Grange  was  pleasantly  ended. 
EXCURSION   TO   MANCHESTER. 

Again,  Tuesday  afternoon,  the  Grange  accepted  the 
hospitality  of  the  Commercial  Club,  in  an  excursion  to 
Manchester,  to  inspect  some  of  the  great  mills  of  that 
city,  which  was  also  a  new  experience  with  many  of  the 
members,  who  had  never  before  been  inside  a  cotton 
factory.  Going  down  at  two  o'clock  the  delegation 
which,  including  Patrons  and  accompanying  citizens, 
numbered  about  150,  were  met  at  the  Manchester  sta- , 
tion  by  a  committee  from  the  Manchester  Board  of 
Trade  and  Amoskeag  Grange,  headed  by  Secretary  H. 
W.  Eastman  of  the  former  and  Master  E.  J.  Burnham 
of  the  latter,  and,  by  courteous  permission  of  the  man- 

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agers,  escorted  through  some  of  the  larger  mills  of  the 
Amoskeag  and  Manchester  corporations,  the  first  im- 
portant point  of  interest  being  the  monster  new  West 
Side  gingham  mill  of  the  Amoskeag,  the  largest  cot- 
ton factory  in  America,  which  was  inspected  from  the 
basement  to  the  roof,  while  in  full  operation,  and  from 
the  latter,  which  by  the  way  is  three  acres  in  extent,  a 
fine  view  of  the  city  was  obtained.  The  different  pro- 
cesses of  manufacture  were  witnessed  in  the  Manchester 
mills,  and  a  visit  to  the  Print  Works  concluded  the 
tour  of  inspection  in  time  to  return  to  Concord  at  5  :  40. 

At  eight  o'clock  that  evening  the  members  of  the 
National  Grange  and  many  visiting  Patrons  witnessed 
the  work  of  the  third  and  fourth  degrees  of  the  order 
at  the  hands  of  Capital  Grange,  in  Phenix  Hall,  the  same 
being  admirably  done,  a  brief  entertainment  following. 

The  business  sessions  of  the  Grange  continued  through 
the  week,  until  Friday  night,  various  questions  of  im- 
portance being  discussed  and  acted  upon,  except  that 
the  forenoon  session  on  Thursday — Thanksgiving  Day 
— was  omitted,  the  members  largely  attending  the  Union 
service  at  the  Universalist  Church,  where  an  appropri- 
ate sermon  was  preached  by  Rev.  C.  B.  Crane,  D.  D., 
pastor  of  the  First  Baptist  Church. 

CLOSE  OF  THE  SESSION. 

As  the  final  session  was  nearing  its  close,  Friday  eve- 
ning, all  business  having  been  completed,  Worthy 
Master  Brigham  expressed  his  pleasure  and  satisfac- 
tion with  the  meeting  and  its  outcome,  and  especially 
with  the  generous  hospitality  and  kind  attention  be- 

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stowed  by  the  Commercial  Club  and  the  Concord  public, 
and  all  with  whom  they  had  been  brought  into  relation- 
ship during  their  sojourn  in  New  Hampshire,  and  con- 
cluded by  calling  upon  a  representative  of  Capital 
Grange,  and  presenting  through  him,  to  that  organiza- 
tion, the  beautiful  rosewood  gavel  which  he  had  used 
during  the  session  After  the  brief  words  in  accept- 
ance of  this  token,  Master  N.J.  Bachelder,  on  behalf  of 
the  New  Hampshire  State  Grange,  expressed  his  thanks 
and  those  of  the  order  in  the  state  for  the  pleasure  and 
honor  accorded  and  experienced  in  this  visit  of  the 
National  Grange  to  New  Hampshire,  and  bade  all  the 
members  a  God  speed  on  their  homeward  journey. 
Various  members  of  the  National  Grange  were  briefly 
heard  in  expression  of  their  individual  satisfaction  with 
the  session  and  all  its  pleasurable  incidents,  and  at 
half  past  ten  o'clock  the  twenty-sixth  session  of  the 
National  Grange,  holden  in  Concord,  New  Hampshire, 
was  declared  adjourned,  and  passed  into  history. 

On  the  morning  of  the  day  following, — another  clear 
and  beautiful  Saturday  in  November — the  members  of 
the  Grange  remaining,  a  portion  having  already  taken 
their  departure,  bade  adieu  to  the  many  friends  they 
had  made  in  Concord,  and  started  on  their  return  jour- 
ney to  their  various  homes  in  the  different  states  of  the 
Union,  from  the  Atlantic  seaboard  to  the  "Golden  Gate," 
bearing,  as  is  confidently  hoped,  pleasant  thoughts  of 
New  Hampshire,  of  her  beautiful  capital  city,  and  of  its 
people,  who  will  remember  with  pleasure  for  years 
their  visit  and  sojourn  here. 

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